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BrainCo Debuts Brain-to-Robot AI Platform at WAIC 2026

BrainCo's mind-controlled robotic arm grasps an object during a live demonstration at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai. (Credit: BrainCo / WAIC 2026 . Pic Credit: BrainCo

At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, China’s BrainCo unveiled a brain-to-robot AI platform that lets a user direct a robotic arm through EEG signals alone decoding neural intent into machine commands in under 200 milliseconds.